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Bill Mitchell — (in the future: William Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory) Administrative update: My blog has a new home

I have finally moved my blog and integrated in within my long-standing home page. The new blog address is – http://www.billmitchell.org/blog – although the old address will work forever. However, I do urge you to update your bookmarks to the new address....Bill Mitchell – billy blog (in the future:  William Mitchell - Modern Monetary Theory)Administrative update: My blog has a new homeBill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at...

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Unionization increased by 200,000 and More Wanted to Join

In the Private Sector? The Protecting the Right to Organize Act is a historic proposal restoring fairness to the economy by strengthening the federal laws protecting workers’ right to unionize and bargain for higher wages and better benefits. In the Public Sector? There is no federal law protecting the freedom of state and local public service workers to join a union and collectively bargain. Numerous states have passed free rider so-called...

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Red/Blue COVID Death Rate Divide did not disappear after all

So much for the Covid Gap disappearing. The difference in the death rate for Covid still exists politically. It looks like the Red/Blue COVID Death Rate Divide didn’t disappear after all, ACA Signups, Charles Gaba Last month Charles Gaba noted the partisan COVID death rate gap again. And again it had been higher in the reddest U.S. counties than the bluest counties every month since July 2020. It appeared to be on the verge of finally...

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Steve & Friends with guest Phil Dobbie. Episode #13

Phil Dobbie is a podcaster, radio broadcaster, writer, marketing expert, humourist (debatable) and Dad. He shares a birthday with Donald Trump. He also the host of the weekly podcast Debunking Economics with Steve Keen. Phil talks to Steve about the lies and misunderstands of the economics profession.

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Of Patches Paint and Ploy

Up from craft workers to those of the large industrials, by the mid-20th Century unions had grown to represent large segments of American workers (density peaked at 35% of workers in 1954, membership at 21 million in 1979). From the mid-1930s through the mid-1960s they played a huge role in the nation’s politics, social order, and economy. Unions gave us the 8-hour day, weekends off, paid holidays, …, and helped end child labor. They raised living...

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2023 Market Outlook: Inflation, Recession, and the Fed w/ Cullen Roche (TIP523)

Stig Brodersen has invited back Investment expert Cullen Roche to discuss how to optimize your portfolio for financial independence and sleeping well at night.  IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - What the difference is between CPI and PCE 00:08:23 - Whether central bankers should be elected?  00:15:24 - What the velocity of money is, and how it impacts inflation? 00:20:23 - What it means for inflation and the US dollar that the world is...

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